Hog-ring.



W. L. CHAMBERS.

HOG RING.

Y APPLICATION'HLED AUG.Y5, 1915.

1,170,41 3. Patentd Feb. 1, 1916.

WITNESSES i WimqmLphqmpers ATTORNEYS THE COLUMBIA PMNDGRAPH c0WASHINGTON, D. C-

wInLIAM'LoREiv CHAMBERS, 0F eaooakrmammam;

HOG-RING.

Specification of Letters latent, Patented Feb. 1, 1916,

Application filed Au usta; 1915. Serial No. 43,790.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,. WILLIAM LOREN CHAMBERS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Brookville, in the county of Franklin andState of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Hog-Ring, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the care of live stock and has particularreference to appliances attached to hogs noses for various purposes.

Among the objects of this invention,in addition to providing means toprevent a hog from rooting and interfering with fences or the like, isto provide a means to prevent a hog chickens and to break a hog from thehabit of catching chickens.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described andclaimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact detailsof construction disclosed herein, still for the purpose of illustratinga practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts inthe several views, and in whic Figure 1 is a perspective View indicatingthe device in the normal position secured to a hogs nose; and Fig. 2 isa plan view of the device detached.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I show the improvement asformed from a single piece of wire bent to desired form, although I wishit to be understood that the device may be otherwise constructed thanfrom malleable wire.

As shown, the device comprises a pair of forwardly projecting prongs 10each of which is practically straight throughout its entire lengthexcept at the extreme end where it is bent upwardly slightly at 10, butthe two prongs are arranged to diverge from each other toward the frontat an acute angle. The middle portion of the metal is formed into adownwardly projecting tongue 11 shown in the form of a U-shaped loop andadapted to lie substantially flatly against the end of the hogs nosebetween his nostrils, the plane of the tongue being substantially atright angles to the plane of the prongs. The tongue from catching andkilling furthermore embraces the inner or rear ends of the prongs, asshown at 12. Each half of the device between the tongue 11 and the prong10 is formed into a pair of open loops 13 and 14 each of substantiallycircular form and the two loops of each part being arranged in planessubstantially at right angles to each other. The loops 13 are horizontalor substantially in the same plane as the prongs 10, whilethe loops 1%are vertical or in the same plane as the tongue 11.

By reason of the loops 13 and 14:, the device is adapted to be fastenedto the upper portion of the end of the hogs nose as by means of rings 15of a common and well known form, and because of the manner of connectionthrough the rings 15, the device is freely pivoted to swing around ahorizontal axis and hence itwill always be carried in the positionshown'in Fig. 1. In other words, it is impossible for the device to bethrown upward and backward into a position where the prongs will notproject forwardly.

A hog carrying a device of this character cannot lower his nose to theground while walking or running, but may lower his nose freely to theground for eating or drinking while he is standing still. Since it isimpossible for a hog to catch a chicken without lowering his nose to theground and he cannotso lower his nose while running, it is impossiblefor him to catch the chicken. If an attempt is made to catch a chicken,the prongs will engage the ground, causing the tongue 11 to bearforcibly against the hogs nose and causing him to stop and experiencegreat pain. Hence, after a few attempts of this character, achicken-catching hog will soon learn that such an attempt is futile andso the habit will shortly be broken. The prongs, furthermore, serve asprotectors or guards to keep the chickens out of reach of the hogsmouth. They also serve as means to cause pain due to the pressure of thetongue 11 against the hogs nose when an attempt is made to, destroy ordisturb a fence, thus resulting in preventing the hog from jumping overor working his way through the fence.

I claim:

In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a pair offorwardly projecting prongs having free ends spaced from

